Cloudy Days

Wow, my last post was almost exactly 1 year ago! Well I'm back!~

I've been feeling really inspired this past week but sadly I haven't been able to find enough time to get working! The past few months school, work, and church activities have completely consumed all of my time and energy. And to add to that I've been sick for about a month! Anyways, since I don't have much time (even though it's a holiday), here's a quick update post to let ya'll know what I've been up to!

First off! Since my last post, I've somewhat been shifting gears at my shop (that's closed, for now)... I've been slowly moving away from the paperclip rings to plushy-type items, mainly mini plush key chains. Why? Making paperclip rings cause my fingers to get painful blisters... I know, sadness!~... But! Plushies are so much fun to make! They are more time consuming but the creation process is much more enjoyable than making the same thing over and over and over again. So here are a couple picture from my more recent plushy creations:

These two twin clouds were made for my Green Peas Creations partner, Sora

And these are from our summer sale with Little Seed

Secondly, I just wanted to share some of my cousin's work! Yesterday, I reunited with my cousin, Esther, whom I haven't seen in several years (I think)... but anyways, I found out that she was an illustrator! And a really talented one at that! This is painting is one of my favs...

Check out her other work at her website: www.estherlovesyou.com

Thirdly, mark you calendars! Green Peas Creations & Little Seed will be joining forces again for our Holiday Sale at the Koreatown Galleria on Saturday, December 11th! More details to come!

Sadly, I've got to get back to work now... Hopefully if I finish up quickly, I'll be able to make something before I head out to Christmas Musical practice tonight!

Christmas Time!~

Hello,

So almost immediately after my last post... I got back into the creative crafty spirit! :D and I went on to restock and add new color combos to my line of button hair clips (as shown above)... Just yesterday I finished restocking on my fabric pouches and now I have to get back to making more paperclip rings and possibly some Christmas tree ornaments (?)... So if you are wondering why I'm restocking...

I have an announcement! The Green Peas (well Sora & I) have been invited to join Little Seed (http://littleseed.net) at the upcoming Holiday Floor Sales at the Koreatown Galleria!

(image credit: Little Seed)

Who: Green Peas Creations & Little Seed

What: Holiday Floorsale!~~~

Where: Koreatown Galleria (3250 W. Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90006)

When: Green Peas will be there on December 12th & 19th

Feel free to stop by and say hello!

ALSO, Happy December's Eve!

On the Bright Side...

So if you haven't noticed, I've been MIA for quite a while now... Basically I was in a creative slump. After starting another year as a commuter student, I realized that I very easily fall into a habit of becoming depressed and anti-social. I could spent an entire day saying nothing more than "excuse me" (when grabbing a seat in class), "sorry" (when I accidently bump into someone), "thank you" (when someone opens the door for me) ... that's about it. Especially when going to a gignormous school like UCI with thousands of other students, in classrooms of 300-400 other students... It's VERY easy to close myself off from everyone else... It's been about 6 weeks since school started and I don't like where my anti-social/depressed is taking me... Hopefully, now that I am more aware of it, I could prevent it from getting any worse...

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE! Steppie is having a GIVEAWAY on her facebook fan page! Go check it out @ http://bit.ly/steppiexo ... Also make sure to visit her Etsy shop @ http://steppie.etsy.com

I first heard of her at my school's vendor fair last year (that's when I first heard of oh, hello friend too!) She has the CUTEST products! I'm currently in LOVE with her Nerdy Panda line :D Anyways, go check out her stuff!

Hopefully I'll be back to blog about some of my own new products, SOON!

Fall Quarter Begins...

I realized it's been a while since I've last updated so here's an update :D

I've been quite busy the last week... mainly because I'm finally back in school! I was really hoping to make a bunch of crafty stuff before school started but I guess I procrastinated too much. Well now that I'm in school, I'll have plenty of time to doodle :)

Ever since the floorsale last month, I've been trying to re-think my 'line' ... I have too many ideas that are incohesive.. So I've been spending a lot of time brainstorming and trying to 'build my brand' better... Hopefully I'll come up with something before December!

Here are some of my ideas so far... and yes, they aren't cohesive.... go figure...
1. Characters! - I really enjoyed making the Wonder Girls pouches and so I'm thinking of making my own group of girls... So far, I've gathered about 5-6 girl image ideas inspired by some K-Pop girl group members BUT they keep turning out like the Harajuku Lovers girls!~~~ I need to spend more time making them more original I guess... I might even resort to making animal characters..that's just a little bit more difficult...
2. Ticket Journal - I love ticket journals.. I have one myself and have given many away as gifts so I thought, why not just design my own ticket journal... and they possibly might be more marketable during the gift-giving season of December :) Unfortunately I haven't started on the design yet...
3. 2010 Calendar - As someone who loves to plan, I LOVE calendars... so I thought it would be a good gift idea to make my own calendars... but that also requires designing... which I haven't gotten around to doing yet... I have brainstormed a bit though :)

OOOH I forgot to mention that I had my first Etsy sale last week! :D Congrats to me!
Well, unfortunately I've got a LOT of reading to do for my classes so I gotta bounce... maybe next time I'll have some doodles to post up :D

One Week Left

So summer seems to hav just flown on by... I now have exactly one week until school starts again. I'm actually quite excited for school to start. Although I loved the spontaneity of this past summer, I love schedules. I love knowing exactly what I'm going to be doing in the next hour/day...
Every summer is filled with new experiences... Last summer was when I first got seriously 'into' scrapbooking and blogging. I spent most days at all the local crafty shops, seeking out treasures... Eventually by the end of summer, I was stocked up on just about every basic scrapbooking tool. I also spent about a whole month being a 'camp counselor' for my church's junior high and high school summer retreats.
This year was quite different from the last. Let's see... I rejoined the English Ministry praise team at my church, met the Wonder Girls and JYP!, made new friends, re-started my blog, had my first handmade goods sale, opened up my Etsy shop, had bible study (almost weekly) with my SoonWon, and just spent a LOT of time by myself at home... Oh, just remembered! I even saw a calf being born! Yay for living by cow farms!

In the one week that is left before the busy-ness of school comes around, I'm trying to brainstorm more ideas for my next sale in December. I'm strangely having trouble thinking of stuff to draw, which I think is weird bc that never happens. Oh well, time to hit the shower, maybe I'll come out of it with some more ideas.

Ooh random note... When summer started I planned on sending in audition applications to Korea but, I don't know, I'm having 2nd thoughts again... It's so hard to pick the perfect song!
Oh and another random note... My pastor suggested that I document all of the children's praise/body worship songs by recording myself!~ I think it's a good idea... Just a little bit awkward though, singing and dancing in front of a camera all by myself :/ I'll get around to doing it... eventually